The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-15 00:00:00

To P ERSONS SEEKING L ANDED _ES ATES, TOWN AND C OUNTRY RESIDENCES, PROPE H R rus GENERAL LY— L FR EE OLD AND LEASEHOLD I NVESTMENTS, AND To RE DAD GRATIS, at the Pfincipal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or we the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, I,' FREE, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's 'FREE PROPERTY Iti:GISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and hUuse properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the Cottage with its few acres, OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, Where the property is of an eligible character, thereby ing avoid "eniences. the disa dvantages of delay and its attenda n t i ncon - TnERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, a nd then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. FURNITURE CARPETS, BEDDING, and the FLO ORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE t o any house in god ngdom, regardl ess of amount or distance. First-class oat second-class p r i ces. T erms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select Zorn, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. }.very article warranted. C " U GYAIEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are reapectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and C . are publishing a n en ti re l y N ew Edition of their un ta equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE , ill ustrated by4lo rn -able engravings of every description of Furniture and zeasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised cafe • A Six -roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight -roomed ditto A Ten -roomed ditto A Twelve -roomed ditto `Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valnable informationto all requiring househ 31d furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Cler g y- Then and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, t. Alban's, Worcester , Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Rrlt , , .. ' C ORBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford. bridge, London, S.E, —...________ 'lr TIE ISLE of MAN RAILWAY COMPANY (I.Imited)—DOUGLAS to PEEL. ZlOO,OOO, in 10,000 shares of £lO each, with usual borrowing powers. Deposit £1 per share on application, further payment on allotment £1 10s. per share. DIRECTORS. ZGilliam atauel Gibron Getty, Esq., M.P. Belfast. M'Cormick, Esq., MP., Londonderry, and Regent's -park. London, Richard A. Mould, Esq., Merchant, Liverpool. T. Harrison Ridley, Esq., Merchant, Liverpool, Joseph Rigbv, Esq., Kew, Surrey. With plwer to add to their number. TUNKERS. The North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool. Messrs. Dumbell, Son, and Howard, Douglas. ENGINEER. G. W. Hemans, Esq., C.E., 13, Queen-square,Westminster. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Littledale, Ridley, and Bardswell, Brown's. build in, Liverpool, Samue gs l Harris, Esq., Douglas. ADITOR. Thomas W. Read, Esq., U 30, Castle-street, Liverpool. Thomas Bagot, E SECRETARY. Eq , 5, James-street, Liverpool. ROKERS.B P. B. D r i n k water, Esq 32, Exchange. st. East, Liveool. Ch arles Stanley, E sq ., 3, Throgmorton• street, Loudon. rp Edward Ashworth, Esq., E xchange•chambers, Manchester. M. J. Beverley, Esq., Leeds. This Company has been formed for the construction of a Railway from Douglas to Peel (passing through St. John's), in the Isle of Man. The improved trade of these important t "fna, as well as the prosperous condition and increasing PaPulation of the island, and the rapid augmentation of the aturnber of visitors during late years, call for the immediate introduction of railways. The Agricultural capabilities of the Island are great; and its Mineral products are acknowledged to bo rich in yield and avove average value ; whilst around the Coast there are extensive Fisheries, and an unlimited s u pply o f Sea :weed for Manure. The expense and trouble, however, of land-carriage, have hitherto rendered these advantages com paratively unavailable. Sl ate Quarries are i n active operation; and the quality of the Slate is equal in clos eness o f gra i n an d d ura b ility to an y Produced from the great Welsh quarries. The Granito near St. John's compares favourably with that now used in thile Liverpool D oc k W or k s, and would at once, by means of raway facilities, become available for export One of the proposed Stations on the line . will be at St. a " u n's where th e C ourts of Tynwald meet, and which is l°so ' the centre of the Foxdale mining district. The produce of t hese mines is now brought by land-carriage (there being no water c ommunication) to Douglas, a distance of nearly miles, whil s t Coals and other important materials, as Well as all necessaries required by the inland population, are these it con veyed into th e i n t er i or b y t h e same mo d e. B es id es ems of traffic, the Fairs which are frequently held du ring the year in this district, ' must add considerably to the annual revenue of the Company. The principal towns are Douglas, Peel, Castletown, Ramsey, and Laxey : Douglas being the chief port, and the great commercial depot, as well as the principal place of arrival and departure of the steam packets plying to and from the Island. At the port of Peel the fisheries are prin cipally conducted, employing upwards of 1,000 vessels; the place of destination tor theproduce is Douglas ; the route is tedious, and the transit b p y the existing means pensive. ex- LiTThe access to the Island is easy, and the means of corn a,,,Taication with Liverpool, Fleetwood, Whitehaven, ) tn, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, and other ports, both by W l ,;',._a e g and steam vessels, are frequent and convenient. oumeb Tourists visit the bland in large numbers, above th e pa PaBße ngers havin g b een l an d e d at i ts P orts d ur i ng relies 8t , seen 311 ". Such Visito rs , a tt rac t e d b y t h e entiquarian 'matt e scans Such and other objects of interest, would, as a to th e .°' course, go by the proposed Railway from Douglas Th - e li rr k i°r• and across the Island to Peel. Ulubrit;guelt medical authorities bear testimony to the pictures of the climate and purity of the water. The que is united with the more solid advantage of cheap plivnig, provisions being abundant and comparatively inex• easi ve, whilst the rates of duties on foreign produce are so "All as to render the Island most advantageous as a per manent pce of residenee. H er Maj la esty's Government and the Local Authorities are now expending upwards of £60,000, for the improvement of the Ports of Douglas and Peel. The Electric Telegraph to England has been recently established. The Lines of Rail will be single, with requisite sidings. The length of Line will be about twelve miles, and the gradients easy throughout. The landowners and popula tion along it are most favourable to the project. From Statistics recently collected on the spot, with much care, by competent persons, and well supported by Official Returns, it is confidently expected that the Traffic will re turn a good Dividend upon the Invested Capital, The fol lowing is an Estimate of the Traffic : Passengers, inclusive of Tourists £7,500 per annum. Goods, Minerals, Fish, &c 5,500 Parcels and M a il s 150 Workin g E xpenses at even 50 per Cent £13,150 . 6,500 £6,650 Leaving f or Dividend Plans, Sections, &c., of the Li ne are comp l e t e d , an d a ll n ecessary forms are being complied with, in accordance with the St: nding Orders of the Court of Tynwald to obtain an Act of the Local Parliament. Neither Imperial or Local Taxes are levied in the Island, and those heavy charges which tend so much to reduce the value of Railway property in England and other countries, to less than to diminish the Shareholders' Dividends, can not, in any degree whatever, prevail with respect to this Lino. An eminent Contractor's firm have agreed to purchase the land make the Railway, provide and fit up all Stations, furnish Rolling Stock for working the Line, and Telegraphs, Upon satisfactory terms. Interest at 5 per cent. per Annum will be allowed, until the opening of the Li ne , on th e amount Paid upon shares. An advantageous arrangement can be made with respon sible parties to Lease the Line for 7. 14, or 21 years. Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained from the Secretary, Solicitors, or Brokers of the Company. SOHO ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENE RAL BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring Freehold or Leasehold Property', or having Business and Houses to be disposed of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 20, Gerrard-street, Soho, W. Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Compensations, &c. Rents Collected. BENSON'S WATCHES, adapted for any climate and country; wholesale and retail. Chronometer, duplex, lever, horizontal, vertical, repeating, centre seco n d s, keyless, astronomic a l, reversible, and chronograph watches, from 200 to three guineas each. An illustrated pamphlet and price list of every description of watch post free for two stamps. J. W. a BENSON, by special warranf apointment watch nd clock maker to the Princ t a o of Wales. Manufac tory, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, E.C. TFIE EMBARRASSED in Town and Country should read "THE PLAIN GUIDE TO BANK RUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS," showing what can be l egally done, and the exac t cos t . T o be td gratis and p os t free of Mr. Wetherfield, Solicitor of the Court, 25, Moorgate street, Bank. N. B. —Debts recovered on commission, without law ex- Pences to clients. RAYE'S WORSD ELL'S PlLLS.—These Pills at a are a purely vege t a b le preparation, and may be taken ny time by either sex without fear or danger. They act upon the bowels mildly yet effectually, and by their floe tonic, a romatic, and aperient properties, they remove all oppressive accumulations, regulate the secretions of the liver and bowels, strengthen the stimuli, and purify the blood. Unlike many l'emedies, they do not indu ce li a bili ty to take cold or esta blish a necessity for the habit ua l use o f purgatives, and are thus strongly recommended as the BEST FAMILY MEDICINE. _Prepared solely by John Kaye, Esq.. of Prospect Hall, Woodford, Essex. Sold by all chemists and otter dealers in patent medicines, at Is lid, 2s 9d, and 4s 6d. Wholesale -Depot, 22, Bread-street, London. BED . 11 00:11 CANDLES. " P RICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop sold in crease when carried."—Thi n , very h ard can dl es, cirriers. boxes ls. and 3s. etch, are rec ommen d e i as the b est " EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," Bold in boxes 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those Who will not burn thin. " SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," i n Packets of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use Where cheapness is a great object, will be found an improve tient on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. S pecial candle ti c k s t o fit thin candl es , Is. and 2s. 6d. each ; reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOIL ET SOAPS. Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. ,Amp Be lmont Glycerine Soap, contains ?rice's Gly cer i ne. `hor and Glycerine Soap, for tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. SHERWOODOLE " Price' ,_ s Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes n ad from any Chemist, i n grease and other stains. apsule(' Pric ' bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled hot " zs Patent," from 6d. ties, 6d. and is. each. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been Rohl on the state- P e i n ee t s that it is " equal to t. ,, Wholesale by Retail throng Price's Patent h any Grocer. t Candle Company (Limited), sion. L - o . iii e No. 22,377. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1864. THE GENERAL CREDIT AND FINANCE COMPANY OF LONDON (Limited), INVITE SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA AND VANCOUVER ISLAND INVESTMENT COMPANY (Limited). Capital £500,000, with power to increase. First Issue, £250,C00, in 10,000 shares of £25 each. Deposit on appli.ation, £1 per share. Payment on allot ment, .£2. It is expected that no more than £5 per share will be re quired to be called up ; sub cquent calls, if any, will not exceed £?, per share, and will not be made at less intervAls than three months. T HE ENGLISH and FOREIGN LIBRARY COMPANY (Limited), WHERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at E VANS', Covent-garden. THE CALAMITY AT SHEFFIELD. 15, Old Bond-street, It DIRECTORS. Major-General Sir HENRY C RA WL INSON,K.C.B., F.R.S., 1, Hill-street, Berkeley-square, Chairman. Right Hon. Viscount Bury. M.P., 48, Rutland-gate. The Very Rev. the Dean of Chichester, F.R.S. The Rev. G. R. Gleig, Chaplain-General to the Forces, 8, Warwick-square. Charles Nettie, Esq., M.P., Oriel College, Oxford. Coleridge J. Kennaird, Esq , F.R U.S., Fenchurch-street Ferdinand Freiligrath, Esq., Bank of Switzerland, Royal Exchange-buildings. John William Kaye, Esq., 59, Lincoln's-inn-fields Robert Bell, Esq , F.R.S.L., 14, York-street, Portman-square John Ba 1, Esq. (Messrs Quilter and Ball), 3, Moorgate street, E.C. The Company guarantee the circulation of all new works of value or interest immediately after publication, RThe Library embraces special departments of science and the liberal professions, and of foreign literature in all its branches. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. OOGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRIS WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at TRUSTEES. Jervoise Smith, Esq. 1 Henry Kingseote, Esq. DIRECTORS. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." James Anderson, Esq. (Messrs. Anderson, Thomson, and Co.), Director of the Bank of British Columbia. James Caird, Esq_, M.P. George Campbell, Esq. (Messrs. H. N. Dickson, and Co., Lon don ; and Dickson, Campbe,l, and Co., Victoria, Vancouver Island). Joseph Fry, Esq. (Messrs. Trueman and Fry), Director of the Canada Agency Association. T. V. L. Mackean, Esq k.hairman of the Bank of British Columbia. Alexander Morrison, Esq., Director of the Bank of Otago. Prideaux Selby, Esq., Director of the Vancouver Island Land and Coal Mining Company. Works not in the Library are purchased at the request of subscribers. Books are delivered to town subscribers by the Company's carts daily with a radius of three miles, and twice weekly within five miles. Term of subscription from two guineas upwards. Details of terms for town and cmintry subscribers forwarded on ap plication. Holders of 10 shares and upwards entitled to special ad vantages as subscribers. . BANKERS IN LONDON, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith. BANKERS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND VANCOUVER SAMUEL BEVAN, Secy. ISLAND. The Bank of British Columbia. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Baxter, Bose, Norton, and Co. AGENTS. The General Credit and Finance Company of London Limited). TEMPORARY OFFICES. 125, Gresham House, and at the Offices of the General Credi and Finance Company, 7, Lothbury. SICRETARY (pro tem.) —Mr. George Stephens. This Company is established for the purpose of extending to British Columbia and Vancouver Island principles of business that have long since been adopted in other colonies with very beneficial results both to the English capitalist and the local property holder. The Company will raise moneys on debentures on its own credit, on terms prevalent in tnis market, and will apply the moneys so obtained to mortgage of real estate or other secu rities of a substantial and productive character in the two colonies, at the much higher rates procurable there. When it is mentioned that in British Columbia and Vancouver Island from 12 to 16 per cent. per annum is regarded as a favourable rate of interest at which to b rrow money on un exceptionable securities, it wil at once be seen how consider able is the margin of profit that will arise to the Company under this head. T ie acquirement of property by purchase, to a limited ex tent, whether from the Government direct or from private owners, will also, in cases presenting the prospect of advan tageous and early resale, have attention from the Company— it is considered that the Government of the two colonies may be induced, in consideration of the encouragement which the Company will have the opportunity of offering to immigra tion, to accord grants of land to the Company under regulated conditions of settlement. The Company will also act as Agents in all matters of In vestment and Finance as between the home capitalist and the colonial property holder. The Company's business in the colonies will be conducted by specially seiected managers. The securities selected will be subjected to the strietest examination both as to title and value. The debenture holder, under this course of business, will not only have the security of the subscribed capital, but also the entire assets of the Company. The prospects of the shareholders are best exemplified by ' the large returns on capital obtained by the shareholders of similar institutions. The Company has taken powers which will enable it to effect an union with any other Company having kindred ob jects in any of the British North American colonies. The Board of the Company consists of gentlemen who have either applied the same principles of business to other colo nies, or who, from their connection with the North American possessions, will be regarded as authorities upon the subject of Colonial securities. As fields for investment British Columbia and Vancouver Island may be said to be unsurpassed in advantages. The rise and progress of these colonies have been most rapid ; the imports into the port of Victoria (Vancouver Island) alone during the six months ending June, 1863, were 1,866,513 dole., being an excess over those of the first half of the pre vious year of upwards of 160, , ,u0 dole. The value of property in Vancouver Island has more than doubled during the last three years. The agricultural capacity of British Columbia is now also fast attracting attention. The Memorandum and Articles of Association can be in spected at the Offices of the Solicitors, Messrs. Baxter, Rose, Norton, and Co., 6, Victoria-street, Westminster, or at the Temporary Offices of the Company. T HE WARRANT BANKING COMPANY (Limited.) FOR ADVANCES ON MERCHANDISE AND SECURITIES.) Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862. Capital £2,0 , 0,000, in 40,000 shares of £5O each. Yr it Issue, 20,000 shares. Deposit £1 per share on application, and £1 per share on allotment. Future calls will not exceed £5 per share, at intervals of three months. DIRECTORS. Joseph Bravo, Esq., of J. Bravo and Co., London. Archibald Bruce, Esq., of the late firm of Bruce and Co., Abchurch-lane, London. W. J. R. Cotton, Esq., of Culverwell, Broo's, and Cotton, London. A. D. De Pass, Esq., of De Pass and Sons, London. Abel Heywood. Esq., ex-Mayor of Manchester, Director of the Alliance Bank, Manchester. George Harvey Jay, Esq., Tokenhouse-yard, late of the firm of Quilter, Ball, and Jay, London. Thomas Jolly, Esq., of Thom is .lolly and Co , Manchester. William APAndrew, Esq., of William M`Andrew and Sons, London. H. R. Marriott, Esq., of Henry Marriot' and Co., Manchester. William M. Neill, Esq., of Neill Brothers and Co., London and Manchester. George Palmer Robinson, Esq, Director of the Alliance Bank, London. Albert ft cardo, Esq., of A. and W. Ricardo, London. William Rawstron, Esq., of Ralph Rawstron, Manchester. RANKERS, London, Liverpool, and Manchester—The Alliance Bank. SOLICITORS. London—Messrs. Fygon, Tathams, Curling, and Walls, Fre derick',--plaoe, Old Jewry. „ Messrs. Flux and Argles, Mincing-lane. Liverpool —Messrs. Fletcher, Hull, and Stone. Manchester—Messrs. Sale, Worthington, Shipman, and Seddon, BROKERS. London—Messrs. J. and J. Whitehead, Moorgate-street. Liverpool—Messrs. Gasquoine and Chamberlain. Manchester—Messrs. Shore and Kirk. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 21, Throgmorton-street, London. PROSPECTUS. While Exchange Banks and Credit Institu'ions have been established to connect this country financially with almost every foreign market, and to give fact Hies for conveying to our shores every description of merchandi.e, Ft.'s remarkable that as soon as the operation of importing is performed the monetary facilities are withd rawn . Th e bills drawn upon our merchants mature, and must either be met by the mer chant's capital unaided, or by sales. Thug, when tempo rarily there is an excess of any commodity imported, its price is undu'y depressed, and s , riou+ losses are incurre Ordinary bankers and discount houses dislike making ad vances upon merchandise, having no organisation for exa mining the goods and correct y estimating their value. What they want are good bills, drawn on those who, know ing the value, have accepted for a fair advance. Division of labour is here as elsewhere found to be most convenient and profitable. To meet this want, which every merchant must acknow ledge, the Warrant Bank . ng Company is formed. The bu.i ness of the Company will mainly insist in making advances upon deposit of the staple articles of produce, represented by dock warrants or other means of absolute assignment, duly inspected and valued on behalf of the Company, and with a proper margin to allow for depreciation. These advances will be made in a ceptances by the Com pany of the drafts of its customers, and as every bill will re- Present mer handise readily convert ble, and b, at the same time secured by the whole ea ital of a powerlul Company, the exact position of which will be patent to al', there can be no doubt that the whole Dis ount Market will be available when it is desired by the holder to turn the bill into °Ash. It will be readily apparent that the existence of such an institution, while it will be of great service to merchants, and increase the stability of the entire class, will be an equal con venience to bankers and discount firms, furnishing them with a class of bills rarely obtainable. In order to render the due payment of the Company's acceptances certain, the Directors undertake that the entire paid-up capital of the Company will be invested, and, so far as practicable, remain invested in British and East Indian Government securities, and upon deposit at call, and it is proposed that the capital thus paid up and invested within the first year shall reach the sum of at least £200,( O. The field which exists for such an undertaking will be at once apparent from a glance at the Board of Trade returns of foreign irnpors for the past year, which amounted (not to speak of home produce) to over X200,(00,000. If we estimate the average stock of f on i gn goods held in warehouse, as equal to three months' saJnsumption, it would represent an amount of £50,000,000. Advances may also be made when deemed advisable uron , tocks and Shares, in permanent undertakings readily con vertible. A re , sonable proportion will always be maintained be tween the extent of business undertaken aed the cal ed-up capital. Should it be necessary, the latter will be increased to one million sterling, to be invested as already indicated, simply as a g - uarantea fund. Branches will, in due time, be established at Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, &e. Tle Directors will not receive any remuneration until the shareholders have been paid £5 per cent. by way of dividend on their paid-up capital. Atter payment of IS per cent, the Directors will receive one-fifth of the nett profits. No promotion money will be paid for originating this un dertaking. The preliminary expenses will be confined to the necessary disbursements NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION. On March 18, in 1 vol., with Portrait, 65., bound, MEMOIRS OF QUEEN HORTENSE, MOTHER OF NAPOLEON 111. " This book furnishes a biography of the beautiful and un• happy Queen more satisfactory than any we have yet met with."—Daily News. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY ➢iRS. BENNETT. On Thursday next, at all Libraries, in 3 vol., Q TELL A. By Author of " The Cottage Girl." London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. Immediately, in Two Vols. Bvo., with Map, price 325., MEXICO: ANCIENT AND MODERN. By MICHEL CHEVALIER, Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained of the brokers, bankers, solicitors, and at the tem porary offices of the Company, but no application for shares will be considered unTess a deposit of £1 per share has been previou•ly p id to the bankers of the Company. In the event of no a lo?ment being made the deposit will be returned without deduction, and should the number allotted be less than the number applied for, the payment in excess will be applied towards the balance of the deposit. FORA OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. No.— To the Director 3 of the Warrant Banking Company tL mited). Gentlemen, —Having pIA to your Bankers the sum of , being a Depo , it of Xi per share on shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that num ber, and I agree to become a member of the Company in re spect of such shares, or in respect of any leas number you may arot me ; and to pay on allotment the further deposit of Li P r shar e th ereon , an d I reqest that my na me may b e placed on the Register of Members for the s, ar ea so alloted. ame in full Residence Profession or business Date Member of the Institute and Senator of France. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street Next week, in Two post Byo., price 215., D WELLERS ON THE THRESHOLD. By W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS, Author of "Famous Beauties and Historic Women," dm. London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. This Day, at all Librarios, in 3 vols., SIR VICTOR'S CHOICE. The New Novel. By Author of "The Cross of Honour." London : John Maxwell and Co,. 122, Fleet-street. THE AUTO GRAPHIC MIRROR, No 3, will appear THIS DAY, the 15th instant, price is., by post is. id. Contents :—A letter from George IV., when Prince of Wales, about the Princess Caroline ; from the Due D'Orleans, the Dnke of Wellington, Marshal Bugeaud, Baron Brunnow, Guizot, Thiers, Lord Byron, Gibbon (the Historian', Strauss (the Author of "The Life of Jesus" Fenimore Cooper, Miss Foote, Madame Ristori, and Ts o ketches, with Autograph, by the late Mr. Thackeray. Office-110, Strand, W.C. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Entrée, Joint, Sweet, &c., is served daily from 3 to 9, and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30. Private Rooms for large or small parties. JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. THE OXFORD, (, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and success ful Opera, by M. Guonod, FAUN, embracing the entire company of this establishment, with augmented band and chorus ; and other Musical Entertainments, supported by the following talented artistes : —Misses Russell. Fitz-Henry, Tyrrell,,VV almsley ; Messrs. Morley, Tivoli, Green, ,tc. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. UNSWORTII and EUGENE will make their re-appear ance This Evening. Comedy, by Mr. T. Maclsgan, W. Randall, G. llutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Power (the juvenile comedienne), &c. Will shortly be produoei, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, by Otto Nicolai; ant THE TWO GENTLE MEN OF VERONA, by Sir Henry Bishop. . . . . Admission--Area, 6d. ; stalls and baleany, ls. ; private baxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. The Fairy Entertainment, entitled PRINCE BLOSSOM IN THE LAND OF SHADOWS! Is written expressly for this establishment by W. F. Vander veil, author of the celebrated " Enchanted Hash," and en ables Mr. Morton, with the aid of Professor Pepper's Optical Illusion (known as the Ghost), to produce effects never before contemplated, and which have all teen duly registered by him and Mr. J. H. Weston under the title of "The Ghost in the Magic Fountains." By this new arrangement, that which is in reality nothing but a shadow, becomes to all ap pearance endowed with life, and when "Fame" takes her flight through the burning Cataracts, and the Naiads seek their beds in the Crystal Waters, form a coup d'ceil of beauty unparalleled even in fairy romance. Prince Blossom (with the Song of all Nations), Miss Townley. The Marvellous Illusion will take place every Evening at half-past Nine o'c'ock. All the wonderful entertainment of the establishment, as usual, in addition to the above. Admission—Area, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open every Evening. ROYAL ALHAMBRA. - The ROYAL CIRQUE of the NETHERLANDS.— This, the first Company in the World, comprising the greatest Artistes in the profession, an ft including Mdlle. Louise Loisset, the greatest Femsle Rider of the age, will appear for a limited period on WEDNESDAY next. Morning Per formance at Two o'clock Evening at half-past seven. Mone. Francois Loisset, Director. ROYAL ALHAMBRA. THIS EVENING (Monday), and TO-MORROW (Tuesday), the MI•iCE I.LANEOUS ENTERTAINMENT. The New and Elegant Ballet Divertisement every evening. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. A full-length model of VICTOR TOWNLEY is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Admission, 18. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During the eveninv. an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open et Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission is. Manager, M. GRENET. 44A, MADDOX-STREET, REGENT-STREET, W. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the Astees ; Bushman and Wife ; Julia Pastrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparations, Ste. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (tor Gentlemen only). QPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented Ki Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary relief to weak, di , n, and defective vision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. 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Any Shareholder wishing to propose any one as a candi date for the office .1 Director or Auditor must give notice in writing, to be left at the Office of the Company at least six days previous to the meeting, stating the name, address, and occupation of every such candidate. ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, Chairman. WALTER W. RITCHIE, Secretary. London, 14th March, 1864. ST. MARK'S HOSPITAL for FISTULA and other DISEASES of the RECTUM, Founded 1835. Treasurer—GEOßGE GLAS SANDEMAN, D.P. Notice is hereby given, that in conformity with the resolu tion passed at the Annual Meeting of the Governors of this Hospital. held on the 11th February last, an EXTRA ORDINARY MEETING of the Governors will be held at the Institution, City-road, London, on THURSDAY, theith April next, at 11 a.m. precisely, for he purpose of electing two assistant-surgeons. 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Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations tree.-B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. THE SUPPOSED MURDER TN M ARYLEBONE .-- Yesterday afternoon Dr. Lankester opened an in quest at the Marylebone Workhouse respecting the death of Joseph Duck, aged 62 years, who was found lying on the ground in Little Chesterfield-street, Marylebone, on Friday night, in an insensible condition. Evidence was given as to the identity of the body, the finding of the deceased in an insensible state by Police-constable D 122, and the post mortem examination by Mr. Fuller, the house surgeon of Marylebone Workhouse, who gave it as his positive opi nion that the deceased had died from wounds inflicted by a second party, and that they Were not occasioned through:a fall. While the deceased was in the hospital he asked for two sovereigns, but they could not be found, and as one of his trousers pockets was cut out, it was supposed that he was robbed besides being ill•treated. The inquiry Was adjourned. 7 ...__... ~..._._ :5.4„,..„.... ....,....:,...„...... ...„,„ •.,\,....., ...:7,,,!,:z.. ~...A . ..,.... , 1 / 4 1......... • Of - , ". 1,,, . --.l3lleits9l-4/N_' .4) art 4 ...k.N: 7. - _ - -..m. —., ---•(•."- ~ ~ . - 15 - 4%, , iv, , i , 0 -t-1 •,, . • N'''. lita • 3 SHEFFIELD, Monday Night. It is only now, when the first agony of alarm is over, that people begin to realise the full extent of the disaster which has inflicted such destruction on this neighbourhood. Even yet, however, the actual loss and damage done to property can be but roughly _ _ ascertained, for even the loss of life occasioned by it is but imperfectly revealed. Scarcely an hour passes which does not bring intelligence of other bodies found, or, what is almost the same, of per sons missing of whom no tidings can be gained. The greater number of the bodies have been re moved to the wards of the Sheffield Union, and up to Sunday night 92 had been identified. Very many were lying there, however, of whom nothing is known, and there is scarcely a pubiichouse which has been spared in the neighbourhood of where the greatest damage has been done which does not contain one or more bodies waiting identification l or removal. Six it is known have been recovered as far . down the river as Doncaster, a fact that seems canc Leive as to many being still beneath the long extent of str: am between Doncaster and this town. From various :ources it can be gathered. that apparently not less than 200 bodies have been found, and time alone can tell how manymore will be added to this fearful list. Certain it is that many more are missing, and to be missing ,:fter such a fearful calamity augurs the worst that can be feared. Those identified in the wards of the workhouse include males and females of every age, from children of 14 days old to men of nearly 80. Almost one-half are persons between the ages of 20 and 40—adults in the prime of life, whom we may fairly presume possessed physical attributes of strength and courage sufficient to have saved themselves if any merely human means were of avail against the tremendous catastrophe which came upon them. Nothing, however, but those providential accidents, if we may so term them, seems to have averted the common fate from the occupants of all the houses which the flood reached. A few who by terror or instinct climbed to the roofs of the submerged houses were thus saved ; many who no doubt succeeded in gaining such temporary asylums were afterwards drowned as the increasing might of the waters swept walls and all before it. There are instances of almost miraculous preserva tion from the flood, but none of escape from those who were caught in its tremendous rush. For those once in the flood there was no hope. They were whirled away in what for the time was the cataract which whelmed old and young in one fear ful death, and tall powerful men and unweaned children are now lying side by side in the wards devoted to the reception of the dead at Sheffield Union. We subjoin the names of those who have been identified, and from this it will be seen at a glance that many more have yet to be recovered. Only four of the Armitages have been found, though 10 are said to be missing, while only two of the Tricketts have been recovered, though it is thought certain that at least 10 were in the farmhouse on the night when farm and homesteads were swept away to the very foundations : Ellen Chapman—William Halbert—Henry Gan non—Peter Gannon—George Snape—MaryCrump, aged 74—Samuel Crump,3B—Martha Needham, 2 Thomas Petty, 34—Margaret Petty, 34—Mary Petty, 11—Catherine Petty, 7—Thomas Petty, 3 Peter Webster, his wife, and three children— Greaves Armitage, 28—Teuton—Isaac Turner, in fant—Alfred Coggan, 13—Eliza Coggan, 8-- William Coggan, 6—John Glover, 25—Sarah Ann Glover, 25 Emma Sparks, Alfred Sparks, Emma Sparks, Jane Peters, Julia Peters, Chris topher Peters, Phal')e Meadwood, 38—Christopher B. Arculus, 3 John Hudson, 40 George Hudson, s—Christopher Calton, 4G—Mary Calton, 30—Richard Hazlehurst, 70—Eliza Crownshaw, Thomas Spooner, jun., 11—Charles Armitage, Ro bert Greavenor Marshall, Samuel Cuapnian, infant —Thomas Bullard, James Atkinson, 40—Mrs. Jepson, Benjamin Spooner, 75-11 tunah Spooner, 64—Sarah Ann Spooner, 7—John Vaughan, 64 Eliz ibeth Vaughan, 53—William Wolatenholme, 74—Thomas Ellstone, 34—Elizabeth Ellstone, 33 Thomas Ellstone, 14 days—Elizabeth Pickering, 23—Eliza Bright, 9—Alfred Bright, 4—George Mills, 62—Caroline Okeley Watson, 9—Sidney Varney, 21—George Tingle, 21—Susannah Gill yet, 53—Joseph Dyson, 40—Mary Dyson, 25 Dennis M'Lochlan, 68—Thomas Frarist, James Trickett, 40—Jemima Trickett, 17—Mrs. Armitage, 60—Mrs. Price, 28, and her son—Thomas Atkinson, 14—Joseph Crapper, 14—Mrs. Snape, Eliza Mappin, Thomas Spooner, Mrs. Pickering, 23—Alothea Hogue, 14—John Frith, 34—Thomas Winter, 70—Sarah Bisby, 43—Arthur Doyson, 11 —Ann Armitage, 42—Ann Miles, .50—Isabella Fould, 3—John Fould, s—Richard Snape, 20— Selina Spooner, 38—Betsy Spooner, 9. As regards the condition of the embankment or dam which restrained the waters of the great reservoir at Bradfield the most contradictory state ments are in circulation. To speak of it as an ordi nary reservoir would convey but a slight idea of the mass of waters which was pent up between the hills of Stannington and Losley. It was, in fact, a small lake formed by building a dam or em bankment across a narrow valley, which collected the watershed of the hills around. The area of water thus enclosed was nearly a mile and a quarter in length, and about a quarter of a mile broad, with a depth varying from 60 to 70 feet in its centre, and probably averaging about 40 feet throughout. The Sheffield Daily Telegraph, which gives a most clear and graphic narrative of the disaster through out, says, with reference to the dam, that to all appearance the towering embankment intended to confine the water within the prescribed limits was powerful enough to bear whatever pressure might be brought against it ; but the result proves that, strong as it was, the water was far mightier. The reservoir had been filling for some time past, and on Friday it was full. The body of water was im mense, and before the strong wind which prevailed on that day it rolled on to the embankment with terrific force. These symptoms created fear in many. The embankment was looked upon with some dis trust, and its power began to be silently questioned. The fear spread, and Mr. Gunson, the resident en gineer, and Mr,Craven, the contractor, were sent for, A warning was conveyed to Damfiask and Low Bradfield, and the people waited in terror for the coming signal. The navvies laboured on; all hands worked with a will to avert the impending calamity. On investigation large deep cracks were seen at the top of the embankment, and this was considered of sufficient importance to warrant speedy and deter mined efforts to let off the water, and so reduce the pressure. The water was turned into the by-wash and down the pipes; but soon after half-past 11, when the reservoir was still only sft. or 6ft. from being full, the evidences of danger became more alarming. With a sudden rush, which caused a sound similar to that made by the letting off large quantities of steam, the water threw down the top part of the embankment, and rolled through the opening with frightful force. As it rushed down the other side to the valley beyond it seemed to lick up the materials of which the embankment was formed, causing it to grow weaker and weaker, till at length it gave way to its entire depth, and the mass of water burst forth with a volume and power utterly over whelming. The workmen ran away in dismay, and the stream dashed along the valley with fatal force. Huge rocks, strong trees, bridges, mills which with their heavy machinery seemed completely immov able, and houses were washed away as though they were mere toys, and the catastrophe occuring in the dead of night, brought with it a loss of life in comparison with which the loss of property, great as it is, sinks into insignificance. The gap made in the embankment measures at the top from 80 to 100 yards, and at the bottom about 20 yards. Through this opening the overwhelming body of water dashed with terrible impetuosity, and as it PRICE ...... ...4d. STAMPED:....Sd. rolled along the sullen roar was accompanied by a rapid cracking sound which seemed like a con tinuous discharge of musketry. It was pro duced by the snapping of the trees, which were carried away and hurled with terrific force against any object that might obstruct their progress. Fortunately a great majority of the cottagers and others nearly beneath the dam had been warned of what was likely to occur, and had made their esoape in time. Only few lives comparatively were lost here ; but every vestige of mill, forge, or house was swept away. But at Hillsborough, Malin-bridge, and along the Owlerton-road the greatest mischief to life and property was done. Hundreds of peop!e who slept in confidence on Friday night have, with their houses, gone down the stream, and now sleet. the long sleep of death. The great farmhouse of Mr. James Trickett, with its 11 occupants, and two or three cottages which were close by, are gone. Malinbridge is gone, MrWilson's blacksmith's shop, a scithe wheel-house, and a very large number of dwelling-houses in Holme-lane have been swept away with their occupants. In the centre of the village was a large new pnblichouse, called the Stag Inn, and of that pnblichouse there is only left the arched crown of its cellar, under which some barrels may be seen. Near the fragment of an out• building that formerlybelonged to the farm some dead horses are lying,and a number of large trees, stripped of all their covering, lie, with their branches torn ff and their roots washed clean, about the adjoin ing 11 14ds. The torrent came in contact with a row or terrace o !good-looking three-story ho use s, an d at the back a is cut off as if chopped o ff w ith a hatchet, and so large is the portion taken a wa y th a t the houses on the left ett:nd like hens balanced on one leg. About 30 houses hare been thrown down, and some of them completely weskits d away in Holme Lane. In some of these houses there were as many as eleven, and in others eight persons drowl2ed. At the Hillsborough brick row there was further loss of life. Nearer the Hillsborough bridges, both of which are down, James Atkinson and two sons, one 17 and the other 12 years of age, were drowned ; and at the Masons' Arms, which is almost com pletely destroyed, the landlord (Mr. Pickering) and three other members of the family have come to an untimely end. Near Hillsborough many dead bodied have been found, which were removed to the neighbouring inns, but have since been conveyed to the Sheffield Workhouse. The watermark shows that some of the houses here have been submerged nearly to the roof, others have been filled up to the level of the second story,and in others which stand a little higher the watermark is about shoulder-height. The streets are quagmires, and the lower rooms of the houses are nearly ankle deep in wet loam. At Malin-bridge the river is narrow and bent, the hills on each side are steep and lofty, and the build ings that stand on the banks of the Loxley are on riband-like slopes of low land at the foot of the hills. Near the water, and projeCting into it, were the water-mills, and of these the wheels alone are to be seen. One large work is partly saved and partly de; stroyed. Placed in a position where the full set of the current was thrown on the opposite side, it has lost part of its walls, and its couple of cylindrical boilers, removed from their beds, remind us of those ana tomical models in which the skin and ribs are re moved to exhibit the lungs. Near to these manu facturing premises are several whitewashed houses three storeys in height, and on these the water line is on a level with the tops of the win dows of the second floor. On the Owlerton side the houses are with few exceptions either gutted or demolished, but there still exists a wing of Malin-bridge. A piece of street still stands, and through the middle of this street trees, cattle, and pieces of machinery, not to mention the drowned of the upper village, have been driven. Great stones have been bowled down the street like marbles, castings from the neighbouring mill have been floated along it like chips, and lie near a quar ter of a mile away from their original position, and the appearance of the place as the inhabitants are shovelling out sandy earth by the cartload from the interior of their houses is most miserable. The Sheffield lelegraph says :—" Judging from the way in which the water spread itself out at this point the remnant of houses at this spot must have looked at one time like sunken arks in the middle of a lake. The way iu which some houses have stood, while others no weaker have fallen, may be accounted for perhaps by the set of the current from side to side. Certain it is that one house is taken and another left, and that one side of a street nearest the river has withstood the torrent, while of another that was further from the water nothing refrains but broad, flat-topped heaps of stene—heaps which must be looked at and studied if you would understand that each heap represents a house. In some parts a long chain of houses has broken down, and a very low bank of stone and lumber—a bank apparently not more than 2ft. high—stands for what was so lately a terrace. The stone houses appear to have resisted the pressure worse than the slighter looking brick ones, and their bones lie in such a manner as to give us the idea that they had collapsed under hydraulic pressure. One almost wonders how many people are under these stones, for the dwellings look as if they had dropped perpendicularly down upon their inmates. Between the houses of Malin-bridge and the hills there is a large piece of ground which the river has spread over with its plunder. We notice a kitchen dresser—a good, respectable article of furniture—at gunshot distance from any house. Was it the farmer's at the bend of the river, or did it be long to the landlady of the spruce inn of which no thing but the cellar can be found ? There are no less than three kitchen boilers scattered unnoticed among the stones. In a pool of dirty water an iron bedstead in emerald green—a fancy article for the class of house to which it had belonged—lies half buried, and its mistress is probably either drifting down the Don, or stretched on one of those boards where the corpses are, for greater saving of space, laid unwashed and much bruised close side by side. The adhesiveness of mortar is shown in the beha viour of some of the brickwork. There are pieces of brick wall that have, after being carried a consider able distance, hung together like boards. There are sections of brick chimneys which lie on their sides like boxes at several hundred yards from where they were thrown down. A solitary perambulator stands apart, and sometimes a bit of oilcloth, a man's boot, or a piece of broken crockery crops up among the stones, and, but for these signs of home, you would not suspect that the stones laid down in a confusion like that of the small boulders which lie at the foot of the hills had ever formed the walls of a house. There is one large tree that has got upon its feet again, and there is a case where several others have fastened their arms round one living one and held their ground. A gig and some carts and rail way trucks have stuck in separate corners of the river. The carts are farmers' carts ; the gig is said to have been carried off the adjoining road with the horse and driver. The houses we see at Owlerton are exposed as if they had been made for the pur pose of exhibiting their interiors. In one room there is an iron bedstead, in another an old mahogany one, and in a third the floor has canted like a corn shoot, and the bed and its occupants have been sent down the river. A picture hangs against a wall, which itself hangs in air without supports from be low. We have already alluded to the adhesiveness of brickwork, and we have now to mention a snore remarkable case. At the atone bridge there is, or was on Sunday, a brick house which had been brought down by the current with its roof and floor ing a ll complete. The story may seem an incredible one, but the fact has been witnessed by thousands. Another remarkable fact is the heavy burden of earth which the flood brought down with it, It is no uncommon thing to see men at work with spades shovelling ap the soil f rom the floor of what had been their best r oom, and as a rule the smallest rooms appeared capable of furnishing several hundred weights of earth for carting away. 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In Monthly Parts, uniform with the Original Editions of " Pickwick," " David Copperfield," On Saturday, April 30. will be published, Part 1., price ls., of OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, By CHARLES DICKENS. To be completed in Twenty Monthly Parts, with Illu3tra. tions by Marcus Stone. London : Chapman and Uall, 193, Piccadilly. 4t0., fancy wrapper, ls., illustrated with 8 Coloured Plates, NO MORE, NO LESS. By Mrs. R. VALENTINE Author of "Reading and Teaching," tc. London: William Tegg, Pancras-lane, Cheapside. ac 4ir -r, • at the bridge below the New BArracks. This , bridge was not upset, or rather it was only partly upset. The current, not to be baffled, turned the position, and cut itself a road round its opponent, 14 ` ,1 the bridge. Some of the stones removed are very fine ones in respect of size and weight, and it is known that the tree which now lies across the en trance to the Barrack-road was brought down all the way from one of the upper villages. That tree is a very choice one in point of girth and weight. yet it has been tossed like a cork into the middle of one of our most public streets.'i On the river bank between Hillsborough and 0 vderton nearly all the buildings are destroyed. The premises of Butler, Wilson, and Co., and Mr. John Wilson, forgers and rollers, have almost en tirely disappeared. Ten dead bodies were found in the stream opposite these works, and were removed part to the Yew -tree Inn, and part to the Rodney. At the back of the Stag several houses were de molished. Thomas Bates and his family and Thos. Bullond and his wife were drowned here. Between Bowers-row and Hillsborough the flood had token a clean sweep across the road an d t h e f i elds, oblite rating all the landmarks, and leaving nothing but a large tract of mud, which was thickly strewn with trees, parts of the roofs of houses, the lighter parts of machinery, casks, grates, fire-irons, and hosts of other things. The sweep of the flood seems to have been towards the left, and & row of houses:on the left hand side of the road, above the Hillsborough Inn, felt its full force. They were submerged, back and front, to the top of the ceiling of the bedrooms. The first house, occupied by a man named Dyson, his wife, seven children, and his brother, was entirely destroyed, with the exception of the bedroom and attic, and the inmates, with the exception of Dyson's brother, were drowned. He escaped by breaking through the slates. In a smaller class of house at the end of this row the loss of life was fearful. James .Atkinson, his wife, two little boys, and his daughter were drowned. In the next two houses lived William Atkinson and his family, and in the next George Atkinson and his wife. Not one survives. In the furthest house of the row Isaac Drabble, his wife, and two children were drowned. These houses were of older date ;than the others, and were rather more strongly built. Across the road was a little hovel, which seemed a mere mass of stones loosely piled. The bedroom, as it was termed, was scarcely eight feet from the ground. In one corner was a large box, in which the occupant of the house, an old man, had sought shelter from the flood. He closed the lid on himself, and was found high and dry uninjured when the waters receded. A man named Turton and his wife, who lived at Marshall's paper mill, were drowned. In one of the small cot tage houses lived a family named Dean. In one of the upper rooms two little boys were in bed, and they were awakened by feeling the bed floating about. One of them, by pressing against the ceiling, pre• vented the bed from touching, and so saved himself from being suffocated, but his brother jumped out and was drowned in the chamber. The stream of water has left a clearly defined course, extending for nearly 300 yards, upon the wall of Hillsborough halls, which is partially demolished. Passing to the point where the L Daley joins the Don, the flood swept over Rawson's meadows and dashed against the hill at Wardsend, and in its recoil carried away several of the mills and forges on both banks of the river. The Wardsend slitting mill was submerged, and immense damage done to the machinery. Four bodies were found among the ruins, but they were those of persons drowned higher up the river. Bodies were also found scat.. tered about the fields and in the deep brooks. In the Park-house Mill ten bodies were hastily laid upon the mud. Lower down the stream, at the silo ver mi!l of Mr. Peale, the wonder was not at the extensive devastation that had been committed, but that any part of the building had been left stand ing. A large quantity of silver which was being rolled is missing. Ten bodies were recovered in this locality. One dead body was found resting on the branches of a tree, and another was jammed between abeam and the wall of a house. It is expected that a large number of bodies will be recovered when the brooks and water-courses along the wood side can be cleared. Coming down the Hillfoot, the most serious damage to buildings seems to have been done at the works of Messrs. Marchington and Makin. A man named Wm. Simpson, who was working at the forge with a boy named Capper, ran out of the workshop and sought refuge o❑ the top of a boiler which was erected by the side of the goit. Capper took refuge on a beam over the boiler and escaped the fate of his companion, who was washed away with the boiler and the brick piers upon which it stood. Between Hillfoot and the Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire Railway are about 900 acres of land laid out in gardens. This space is covered deep with mud. All the landmarks are swept away, and the wide plain is covered with the debris of the flood. In Neepsend-lane the scene of devastation was almost worse than at any other place. In several wretched garden houses, one storey high, whole families have been drowned. A man named Petty, his wife and three children were drowned in a little building that seemed scarcely larger than a pig sty. In another, a file-grin der named Hukin, his wife, and two children were drowned. Messrs. Fawley's tannery, opposite Bacon Island, has suf fered tremendously. Near these works the body of a man was found in a tree, and another was jammed between part of a haystack and the side of a cottage. The gardens behind the Victoria Hotel presented the appearance of a lake of mud, the ruins of the garden houses sticking out here and there. Eleven bodies were found in the gardens, and removed to Mr. Bagshaw's house; A serious loss of life occurred in the garden houses between the Victoria-gardens and the gasworks. A woman named Bennett was lost. Her husband was rescued from the roof a garden house by a man named Pos ton. A man named Hilston, his wife, and a child 14 days old were reported missing. A man named Howard, and his wilb and daughter, and a family named Fletcher, got on the roofs of their respec tive houses, and were saved by Poston and mem bers of his family. In Poston's house there were three babies alive, which he had taken in, and was doing the utmost in his power to supply their wants till they were claimed or provided for in case of the loss of their parents: A house occu pied by a man named Jenkinson was partially swept away, and he lost his life. A family enameerde Moss, five in number, were swept out of theirsehlofubsye l r i intoald drowned o h w e nstream,but near e N e epsendh-br idge . v r save d v h e T r im yse serious against one of the piers. The Wor k s of the Gas Company clinging to s N om ee e ps t e i n m d be s r uff t e h r a e t a to had a accumu lated workhouseng was in Sheffielddeeply flooded, and the promptitude with whieh the given saved l oss o f l i fe there also. The hneo T extent. thi at alarmShefe 7 s telegraph Says It will be noted that the poor, and more especially the deserving poor, are the chi e f sufferers by this catastrophe. The knocking down of one side of a whole row of houses has shown that many of our operatives' wives have epride in their houses which says much for their love of home. Bright tins hang on clean walls, and it is noted that these little cages are, :as at Neepsend, often the property of their tenants. The smart furniture is spoilt, the houses and their waterways are seriously damaged, some thousands of workmen are suddenly thrown out of work, many orphans need help, and we trust help will come most liberally from all classes of the people of Sheffield, and also from the leading towns in the United Kingdom." - _ ONE of the oldest of French papers, Le Aroliveld lisle, which has existed for more than 100 years, having been founded in the reign of Louis N.V., has just ceased to exist. CIRCUITOUS TELEGRAPH BETWEEN EUROPE AND AMERICA. —W e understand that her Majesty's G o . vernment have granted the commission of a ri g h t of way through British Columbia for an .electric teleg rap h , to con nect the existing United States lines with th ose to be ex tended from Russia across Behring's St ra it s, a commission for the latter portion of this world-g ir dl e telegraph having preuiously been given by the Rus sian Government to Mr. Callins, an American citizen. 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